Vibrating screen



Dec. 13, 1938. D. R. ROYER 2,140,172

VIBRATING SCREEN Filed July 8, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Donald 2. Po ar INVENTOR .IATTESE' BYQE 0.; C. Wm ATTORNEY Dec. 13, 1938. D. R. ROYER 2,140,172

VIBRATING SCREEN Filed July 8, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'INVENTOR Patented Dec. 13, 1938 PATE OFFICE 2,140,172 VIBRATING SCREEN Donald R. Royer, Agricola, Fla, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Swift and @ompany, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application July 8, 1937, Serial No. 152,654

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved bearing support.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved yieldable bearing support.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved bearing support for vibratory screens.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the description and claims which follow.

By Way of illustration and not by way of limitation the bearing support of the present invention is exemplified for mounting a vibratory screen.

Reference is had to the drawings in which like characters of reference are used to designate similar elements.

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating a vibratory screen in which there is employed the bearing support of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of the bearing mounting.

In the drawings, screen I is shown mounted at either end upon a shaft 2, journaled at its ends in bearings 3 yieldably mounted in bearing 5 housings 4. Housings 4 are rigidly secured to side members 5 of framework 6 mounted upon standards or uprights I suitably braced by supports 8.

Screen I is sloped toward open end 9 for the discharge of material onto chute l0. Chute l0 may be rigidly aflixed as at II, to cross member I 2 of framework 6.

Rapid vibratory movement. is imparted to screen I by eccentric l3 through eccentric lever l4 secured as at I5 to screen I. Eccentric I3 is secured to shaft l6, journaled in bearings l1 rigidly secured on standards l8. Shaft 16 is driven by variable speed motor l9.

As shown in Figure 4, bearing 3 is yieldably mounted in housing 4 by distended coil springs 20. Bearing 3 is squared at its outer faces, as at 2|, each face being provided with 9. lug 22 formounting one end of a spring 20.

Bearing housing 4 comprises a squared frame formed of walls 23 each providing an inner face 24 suitable means for anchoring the springs 20 against lateral movement.

Before mounting the springs 20, there is inserted within each of the springs 20 a solid core 29 of rubber or other resilient material. The pur- 5 pose of the cores 29 is to relieve the heavy strain occasioned against the springs 20 at the moment of starting and stopping the vibratory movement of the screen I. It is important, however, that the cores 29 do not operate to dampen the move- 10 ment of the screenwhen at full speed. This is accomplished by providing the cores 29 of slightly shorter length than the space between the .supporting lugs 22 of bearing 3 and the securing plate or means of the walls 23 of housing 4. 16

The bearing support of the present invention is adapted for yieldably mounting various typesof mechanical devices requiring a freedom of movement and especially those in which the movement is relatively rapid. 20

I claim:

1. In a vibrating screen including means for providing vibratory movement to the screen, means movably mounting the screen on a supporting base comprising opposed bearing mem- 25 bers comprising a bearing block mounted on the screen frame and a housing mounted on the base and surrounding the bearing block, a plurality of coil springs connecting the bearing block with the housing, and a solid core of resilient material 30 mounted within the coil of each of the springs, each of the cores of resilient material being mounted on one of the bearing members and terminating slightly short of the other bearing member. 4 v 35 2. In a vibrating screen including means for providing vibratory movement to the screen, means movably mounting the screen on a supporting base comprising a bearing block mounted on the screen frame and a housing mounted on 4 the base andsurrounding the bearing block, the bearing block being provided with pairs of opposedouter faces and the housing being provided with an inner face corresponding with each of the outer faces of the bearing block, a coil spring connecting each face of the bearing block with a corresponding face of the housing, and a solid core of resilient material mounted within the coil of eachof the springs, the cores of resilient material being secured against the housing faces and terminating slightly short of the bearing faces.

DONALD R. ROYER. 

